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Wal-Mart: The Behemoth With Two Faces

Loved for its low prices, the retail powerhouse could become the object of scorn, thanks to a growing list of labor-relations woes. Is it the ally of the little-guy consumer, or the enemy of the little-guy employee?


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Retail Outlook
Will weakness in housing and rising energy prices mean consumers are running out of gas? We talk with a retail analyst and a consumer expert about the outlook for the holiday season

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Best Global Brands
These 100 brands are among the world's most recognized—and most valuable

Best Places to Launch a Career
We canvassed career-services directors, employers, and students to rank the best companies for recent graduates

BusinessWeek 50
Our picks of the top-performing companies from the S&P 500. Plus, regional rankings for Asia and Europe:
Asia's BusinessWeek 50
Europe's BusinessWeek 50

Customer Service Champs
Companies that excel at pleasing customers, based on J.D. Power & Associates customer satisfaction data and our own reader survey

Hot Growth 100
From young, upstart companies to those that have been around for centuries: Plus, regional rankings of top-performing small businesses in Asia and Europe:
Asia's Hot Growth 100
Europe's Hot Growth 100

Info Tech 100
Emerging-market cellular players, wireless phone and gear makers, and Web giants are this year's stars

World's Most Innovative Companies
Nurturing, creative cultures allow these companies to wow customers with innovative products and services

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Robbing Peter Jr. to Pay Paul Sr.
Younger workers will face dwindling benefits and soaring costs as governments and corporations divert funds to cover the 79 million baby boomers who will soon begin reaching retirement age.
Mydoom's Most Damaging Dynamic
As a virus, there is almost nothing original about it. But its rapid spread highlights a persistent weakness of the Internet: Too many careless individual Net users are still unprotected.


``It's Vital that the U.N. Be in Iraq''
Absent since the bombing of its Baghdad headquarters last August, a group of U.N. officials is expected to return this month. U.N. Development Programme head Mark Malloch Brown talks about the goals and challenges of bringing democracy to the country.

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